Anonymous wrote:Why do people do this? Can't you leave your dog in the car, outside, or at home? Why on earth do people feel the need to bring their dogs into places of business - especially ones that sell food. Can the health department be called over this?

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Doubt it. My BIL owns a restaurant and he said it is now rare to go a week without at least 1 dog being brought in. Of course, they are always "service" dogs. So, the only questions he's legally allowed to ask is: is that a service dog for a disability? What service does it perform? That's it. He can't ask for the dog's paperwork, can't ask what the disability is, or ask what service the dog performs. He knows that most are not real service dogs based on their behavior (ie: doesn't lay quietly or stay seated by the owner) because we do have a blind relative with a real service dog and know that dog's behavior when working. The only recourse he has is if a dog is really out of control, then he can ask them to leave.

So when can you legally ask a person and their service dog to leave the premises? Again, the Department of Justice has been very clear that there are only a few instances in which a team may be excused from a place of business:

• Aggressive behavior (such as growling, lunging, snapping at people or other animals)
• Urinating or defecating inappropriately
• Inappropriate barking
• Unwanted attention towards other patrons
• Eating off the floor or tables
• Disruptive behavior requiring excessive efforts from the handler to control the dog

Anonymous wrote:I recently brought my dog into HomeGoods. It was fine, we walked the store, got a few things and left. No one seemed to notice my 40lb dog.

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Anonymous wrote:I recently brought my dog into HomeGoods. It was fine, we walked the store, got a few things and left. No one seemed to notice my 40lb dog.

Trust me they noticed, we all notice. You are just too obtuse to think about other people. You're one of THOSE people.

Anonymous wrote:I recently brought my dog into HomeGoods. It was fine, we walked the store, got a few things and left. No one seemed to notice my 40lb dog.

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Anonymous wrote:I was in Macy’s the other day and in came a woman with a dog on a leash. It was not a marked service dog - it was just a little dog! I have never seen anything like this and I was annoyed. Dogs are fine. I like dogs. But dogs do not belong in stores, unless they are actual identified service animals.

It’s crazy.

Macy's allows dogs, and they don't need to be service dogs. You may not like it, but the woman wasn't doing anything wrong.

Eventually the entitled dog owners are going to be their own undoing. Owners taking dogs into stores that do allow dogs are going to end up finding those stores start restricting their policies after more and more people bring more dogs in, and other customers complain, or dogs get into merchandise or make messes. I know the "my dog is perfectly behaved and should go anywhere" posters will jump in to say their dogs would never chew on anything in a shop or pee on something indoors. Fine. Just keep bringing your dogs more and more to Macy's and everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:I was in Macy’s the other day and in came a woman with a dog on a leash. It was not a marked service dog - it was just a little dog! I have never seen anything like this and I was annoyed. Dogs are fine. I like dogs. But dogs do not belong in stores, unless they are actual identified service animals.

It’s crazy.

Macy's allows dogs, and they don't need to be service dogs. You may not like it, but the woman wasn't doing anything wrong.